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Tesco dreams of a Rosé Christmas
Rosé is predicted to be a strong performer this Christmas by retailers, who are giving over significant shelf space to the wine style.Rosé, which is now growing at five times the rate of red or white wine with 26% volume growth over the past...
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Guinness makes men prehistoric
Guinness has brought back its ‘Good things come to those who wait’ theme in new cinema and TV ads.The £1m production, which airs this month until December, marks 50 years of iconic Guinness TV advertising and a return to the ‘Good things come...
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On the Campaign Trail
>>Breaking into Terry’s chocolate orange… Fighting stains with oxiclean… Different Promises every time… Chilling with Baileys…Terry’s Chocolate OrangeBudget £2mManufacturer Kraft FoodsTerry’s Chocolate Orange...
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Hart replaces Massey as Unwins chief buyer
Off-licence chain Unwins has promoted Rob Hart to the position of head of buying.Hart has worked in the buying department for two years, joining from Balfour Convenience Stores. He was also a buyer for Whistlestop Food & Wine and...
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The bottle to stay for good?
Is the rise of the designer beer sustainable or simply the latest passing fad? Sonya Hook reportsCompetitions are the way forward for small brewers, says Glynn DavisThe beer aisles are finally getting a good shake-up...
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Discounts thwart cider dreams
Cider manufacturers say aggressive discounting of supermarket own label cider undermines their quest to move the category upmarket.They say own-label pricing, which has resulted in a three-litre bottle of own label cider being sold at Asda for...
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Adventure kits are matter of taste
Drinkers will now be able to learn wine tasting techniques from the comfort of their own homes. Tasting-kit producer Blue Tree has teamed up with winemaker Ernst & Julio Gallo and wine expert Joe Wadsack to produce the first in a series of...
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Hurrah for Scurrah, the new buyer for Le Riche
Channel Islands retailer Le Riche has appointed Andrew Scurrah as its new beers, wines and spirits buyer.Scurrah joins Le Riche following a six-year stint atThresher Group where he started as a sales assistant.A year later he was...
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The grape crusader
Chapel Down’s supplier can’t keep up with demand, says Sonya HookFrazer Thompson is a man with big ambitions and the growing clout of Chapel Down wines suggests that he knows what he is doing. The MD of the English Wines Group, based...
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Diageo’s war on festive freefall
Diageo is significantly bumping up investment behind its key brands in the hope of convincing retailers not to enter into their annual Christmas freefall on alcohol pricing.New multi-million pound TV ads for Baileys, Smirnoff, Gordon’s and...
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Three-for-two racks up great sales
Thresher’s three-for-two deal across its whole portfolio has helped reveal what people really like to drink, according to trading director Alex Ansen.“New Zealand wines are really flying off the shelf,” said Ansen. “Old World classics have also...
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CEO Carson set to retire
Christopher Carson, CEO of Constellation Europe, has announced that he is to retire within six months.Carson, who became CEO for the drinks company in Aprillast year after the merger of Constellation Wines Europe with Matthew Clark, will...
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Magners pushing into retail
Irish cider brand Magners is planning a massive push into the off-trade after a successful launch in pubs.The drink will initially be available through Morrisons, Spar and selected Asdas, as well as independent off-licences. It will be...
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Regional/micro brewers in growth
Beers with aroma and flavour are back in vogue, according to Roger Protz, editor of the Good Beer Guide 2006.The guide, out this week, lists newly created micro-breweries in the UK, indicating that the real ale market is in...
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Baileys flavours debut with BAA
Diageo is trialling two new flavours of Baileys Irish Cream, The Grocer can reveal.From this month, Baileys with a hint of Mint Chocolate and Baileys with a hint of Crème Caramel will be available exclusively with BAA’s retail division, World...
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‘LeOe will have place in top 10’
The take-home boss of Britain’s biggest brewer says a speciality beer will be in the top 10 beer brands within the next decade.Stuart MacFarlane, off-trade sales MD for Stella Artois brewer InBev UK, has forecast that the company’s Leffe Blond...
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Ruddles gets serious about apples
Greene King is launching an apple-flavoured beer as a sister to its iconic Ruddles ale brand.Ruddles Orchard, a 4.2% abv ale blended with apple juice, will sit alongside the brewer’s Ruddles County brand. It is available in 500ml bottles...
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The Acid Test
>>consumers and buyers give their views on the latest product launchesA bottle of Cobra Lower Cal contains 94 calories, zero fat and less than half the carbohydrate content of lagerMartin oliveros, carpenter, 26, ...
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Tsingtao looks to expand into retail
Chinese Tsingtao beer is to be launched in the UK.The beer, which has been brewed since 1903 in the Chinese city of Qingdao, is believed to be China’s biggest branded export and it sits on the menu of many Chinese restaurants globally.It...